Cuff-fastener.



No 784,829. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

0. W. BARNES. CUFF FASTENER.

APPLIUATIOR FILED JULY 2,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT QEEICE.

CUFF-FASTENER- SEECIFICATION forming p r of Letters Patent N 784,829,dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215.106.

To all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that 1, Cinemas W. BARNES, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Cuff-Fastener, of which thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in cuff-fasteners, such as areadapted to hold the meeting edges of cuffs together and to fasten thecuffs to the shirt sleeves. The almost universal practice is to fastendetachable cuffs to the shirt-sleeve by means of some form of button orbuttonhole. Such practice while common is objectionable, because it isoften difficult to attach and detach the cuffs, and this is particularlytrue when the cuff has been newly starched.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivefastener which can be quickly and easily attached to a cuff which has nobuttonhole, which will serve to hold the edges of the cufi in thenecessary position, and which also has means for securing the cuff tothe shirt and for adjusting the same up and down in relation to theshirt-sleeve.

My invention is intended to provide means for clamping itself to thecuff and clamping the cuff edges together, so that no buttonholes arenecessary, and to release the cuff edges one has merely to pull themfrom the fastening-clamps.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cuff-fastener as appliedto a cuff, the cuff being shown partly open. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the cuff in fastened position and the fastener appliedthereto. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of thefastener; and Fig. 4 is a crosssection on the line t 4 of Fig. 3, butshowing the application of the device to a cuff.

My invention is made preferably of wire which is bent to the necessaryshape, and the chief reason for this is the wire can be readily formedand makes the device cheaper. The structure could be otherwise made, butwould be more bulky and less attractive.

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the front and outer end of thewire terminatesin a loop 10. This is not essential, but is desirable,because the loop or eye can be ornamented, and it affords a convenientmeans of attaching an ornamental button, as 10, in Fig. 2. This end ofthe fastener is adapted to lie against the outer face of the cuff, andthe wire is then bent at 11 and returned upon itself, so as to formaclamping-loop between the substantially parallel parts, and it is thenbent backward and forward, as shown at 12, to form a series of loops 13and 13, which loops afford a series of clamps adapted to engage theouter and inner faces of one of the cuff ends, as shown clearly in thefigure Near the center the wire is given adouble bend, as shown at 14:,so as to form the loop 15, and this makes a pair of clamps which engagethe outer cuff edge, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Obviously theparticular arrangement of these loops can be departed from withoutaffecting the principle of the invention, and the clamping parts let and15 can be located at any convenient point along the fastener. Near itsinner end the fastener terminates in a shank 16, and this is doubledover upon itself, as shown at 17, forming the outer member 18, which isagain doubled at 19 to produce the second shank or shank proper, 20, andthis shank extends beyond the cuff end and has a pivotal or freeconnection with the tailpiece 21, the connection between the two partsbeing easily and suitably made by simply providing them with engagingeyes, as shown. The tailpiece also terminates in an eye 22, to which anelastic cord 23 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2) can be attached, andthis cord is preferably in the form of a loop, which can be slipped onover the arm and which fixes the position of the cuff-fastener and thecuff which it carries, so that the latter may be conveniently adjustedup and down on the arm of the wearer.

To attach the fastener, one end of the cuff is slipped between theseveral clamps formed by the loops 13 and 13 with the clamp formed bythe parts 16, 17, and 18 over the inner side edge of the cuff, andthenthe second cuff end is made to overlap the first cuff end and isslipped under the parts 10, 15, and 18, as shown in Fig. 2, so that thetwo cuff ends are securely fastened together and are held in the rightrelation. To release them, one merely pulls them out of thefastening-clamps. It will be seen that by simply bending the wire backand forth any necessary numberof these clamps can be used, and it willbe understood that they may be formed in various ways.

In Figs. 3 and 4 1 have shown a modification of the invention toillustrate the fact that the fastening-clamps may be variously formedand arranged, and also that they can be made to hold the cuff edges invarying positions. For instance, the device shown in Figs. 3 and 4: isshaped to hold the cuff in the position it usually assumes when fastenedby the well-known link cuff-buttons.

As illustrated in the figures just referred to, the fastener has at oneend-its outer, as shown opposed clamps 25, the ends of the wirecomposing them terminating, preferably, in eyes 26, though this isnotessential. These clamps are placed at angles to each other, so thatthey will diverge oppositely from the shank 27 of the fastener, as shownin Fig. f, and this shank is most easily and preferably made by twistingtogether the wires forming the fastener. The shank can be made in anyother suitable way, however. At its inner end the shank 27 terminates inclamps 25, similar to the clamps 25, and the device has aterminal shank20, like the shank 20 already described and, like it, intended toproject beyond the inner portion of the cuff. The shank 20*connects withthe tailpiece 21, already described, and this fastener and its cuff canbe attached to the shirt, as specified above. In this form of the devicethe adjacent cuff edges are simply pushed into the clamps and 25, andthe edges are thus held so as not to overlap, but to practically meet,as in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the essential thingis to form opposed clamps which shall be united in a single device andwhich shall grasp the edges of a cuff, so as to hold the same in theright position and also so as to provide for attaching the cuff to theshirt, and while the device is particularly intended for use with a cuffwhich has no buttonholes it can applied to cuffs of the usual form.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- I 1. A cuff-fastener, comprising a wire formedinto a series of clamps to engage the meeting edges of a cuff, and atailpiece pivotally connected to the fastener.

2. A cuff-fastener extending longitudinally along the meeting edges of acuff and provided with a series of clamps which engage the said meetingedges at a plurality of points.

3. A cuff-fastener comprising a wire constructed to extend along themeeting edges of a cuff and provided with a series of clamps to engagesuch edges, and a tailpiece pivotally connected with the fastener.

CHARLES V. BARNES.

itnesses:

M. H. CAMFIELD, WV. B. HU'rcHINsoN.

